The ICA purchase in Täby revealed the crime writer – money from the tax

Already have unpaid million debt

A famous crime writer said he lived by the Mediterranean Sea to avoid paying taxes.

But frequent purchases at Ica in Täby exposed him – again.

Now he is required to pay several million kroner by the Swedish Tax Agency.

The famous crime writer said he emigrated from Sweden and registered in a place by the Mediterranean Sea.

But already during the years 2015–2017, the Tax Agency investigated and made a decision that it appears that he was resident in Sweden and thus liable for tax, something the author disputed.

Now the Tax Agency comes with another accusation that he also lived in Sweden between 2018 and 2020.

According to the Swedish Tax Agency, he is obliged to pay just over SEK 4.5 million in tax for those years.

In addition, he is required to pay a tax supplement of just over SEK 300,000 that applies in the years 2015–2017.

The reason is that the Swedish Tax Agency discovered that the author had withdrawn more in salary to his foreign account than he had previously stated.

Regular purchases at Ica in Täby

In recent years, the Swedish Tax Agency has seen that the man made several regular purchases at, among others, Ica in Täby, Systembolaget, Circle K, as well as a larger number of restaurant visits in the Stockholm area – during the same year that the man claimed that he lived abroad.

Instead of paying taxes in Sweden, millions of kroner from various royalty payments have been paid into an account in the Mediterranean where the author claimed to have a home.

But according to the authority’s investigation, the detective writer has not spent enough days in that country for it to count as his permanent residence.

Previous million-dollar debt – disputes the Tax Agency’s conclusion

The author contested the first decision from the Swedish Tax Agency, which applied to the years 2015–2017. However, documents from the Kronofogden show that he has an unpaid debt of over SEK 1.2 million to the Tax Agency.

Now the author is also contesting the new decision that he would be liable for tax in Sweden.

He believes that he did not spend most of his time in Sweden, but that the place by the Mediterranean was his home and that the Tax Agency’s conclusion that he would live in Täby is incorrect.